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...Electoral College system is an anachronism that should have been changed long ago. The worst part of it is the winner-take-all feature. If a candidate wins a state with a plurality of the popular vote, why should that candidate get all of that state's electoral votes? Some proportional distribution of the electoral votes should be made on the basis of the popular vote. I would like to see a tie; then we might change the Constitution regarding the Electoral College. C. RALPH VERNO West Chester...
...think 24 is the best age to be running your own company, when you have the stamina," says O'Shea, who usually works 13 hours a day. "Maybe when I'm 40 I'll get a chance to rest." A native of the New Jersey suburbs who majored in social studies at Wesleyan University, he was inspired by his father, a florist who "worked seven days a week until I was 15." This is O'Shea's first gig as a businessman; he still speaks like the cautious, probing technology journalist he once was. Maybe that...
...according to a new study. The Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth found that 92% of teens admitted that they had lied to their parents in the past year; 72% said they had lied to a teacher. More than 2 in 10 said they would lie to get a job. And nearly 7 in 10 students admitted cheating on a test...
...reduce the odds that the flu will spread within a family by 79%. Beginning with the first sign of the flu, the sick child must inhale Relenza twice a day for five days. Siblings and parents, meanwhile, should use it once a day for 10 days. Even better: get a flu shot in the first place...
Sources: Lexis-Nexis, BBC; International Maritime Bureau; CDC, AP; Let's Get Ready (Jive...